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EFF Can Use Critical AT&T Documents in Surveillance Lawsuit

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Follow-up to May 15, 2006 posting, EFF Reports Government Files Secret Motion to Dismiss AT&T Surveillance Case:

  • Press release, May 17, 2006: “A federal judge in San Francisco ruled today that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) can use critical evidence in its class-action lawsuit against AT&T. However, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker said the evidence — three documents that AT&T alleges are proprietary and contain the company’s trade secrets — will be kept under seal for now. EFF’s suit accuses AT&T of illegally handing over its customers’ telephone and Internet records and communications to the National Security Agency (NSA). The evidence at issue was filed as support for EFF’s motion for a preliminary injunction against AT&T, seeking to stop the company’s ongoing violations of the law and the privacy of its customers.”
  • AP: Court Allows AT&T Docs In Lawsuit – Papers That Allegedly Detail Surveillance Of Customers’ Phones Remain Sealed
  • Related postings on domestic surveillance program

    • Gov’t Must Confront Privacy Issues Related to Personal Data

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    Privacy: Key Challenges Facing Federal Agencies, Full text report GAO-06-777T, adn Highlights, May 17, 2006. “Advances in information technology make it easier than ever for the federal government to obtain and process personal information about citizens and residents in many ways and for many purposes. To ensure that the privacy rights of individuals are respected,… Continue Reading

    Call for Regs to Limit Sale of Social Security Data On Net

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    Social Security Numbers: Internet Resellers Provide Few Full SSNs, but Congress Should Consider Enacting Standards for Truncating SSNs, Full-text report GAO-06-495, and Highlights, May 17, 2006. “According to experts we spoke to, there are few federal laws and no specific industry standards on whether to display the first five or last four digits of the… Continue Reading

    GAO Reports on Continued Obstacles to Critical Infrastructure Info Sharing

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    Information Sharing: DHS Should Take Steps to Encourage More Widespread Use of Its Program to Protect and Share Critical Infrastructure Information, Full-text report GAO-06-383, and Highlights, April 17, 2006. “Key challenges include defining specific government needs for critical infrastructure information, determining how the information will be used, assuring the private sector that the information will… Continue Reading

    The Hoover’s 100 – Most Searched-For Companies

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    “Welcome to the first edition of The Hoover’s 100, a monthly list of the most searched-for companies on Hoover’s. Derived by tracking the search requests of Hoover’s subscribers, The Hoover’s 100 provides insight about which companies are being watched most closely by corporate executives, as well as sales, marketing, and business development professionals, who represent… Continue Reading